thurs., 24 oct., 2013: notes on mexican class signifiers, vii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

           

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Chale!  /  Chales!  ‡

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Chale!  /  Chales!  ‡‡

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Chilangolandia!  ‡‡‡

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Chilango!  ‡‡‡‡

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Fresa!   ‡‡‡‡‡

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Naco! (m.)  /  Naca!  (f.)    ‡‡‡‡‡‡

SPANISH/MEX. DIAL.:   Eres bien naco!  (m.)  /  Eres bien naca!  (f.)  ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡

‡ )   “Fuck that [bullshit]!”  / “No fucking way!” ;  Etym., Span., orig. in Mexico City, a.k.a., Mexico D.F., fr. Mexican telenovelas aimed at y.a. & adolescent viewers  [Courtesy M.S.]  ;

      ‡‡ )   “Damn!”  /  “God-damn!”  [Courtesy M.S.] ;

    ‡‡‡ )   “Chilangolandia”  = Mexico City,  a.k.a.,  Mexico D.F.  [Districto Federal/Fed. District], Mexico’s Capitol city, & one of the world’s largest urban centers,  along w/ Jakarta, Tokyo, & Cairo    [Courtesy M.S.] ;

   ‡‡‡‡ )   “Chilango”  =  a denizen of  “Chilangolandia” (a.k.a., Mexico City,  a.k.a., Mexico D.F., one of the world’s largest urban centers, along w/ Jakarta, Tokyo, & Cairo) ; Chilangos are often seen as arrogant, pretentious, & snotty wannabe-Eurotrash hipster snobs who look down on any Mexican not from Mexico D.F. [Courtesy M.S.] ;

  ‡‡‡‡‡ )   “Fresa”  =  Mexican term for Preppy bitches & sons-of-bitches  —  always upper-middle- or high-class ;  Fresas are so arrogant, affected, & snotty that they even look down on “Chilangos/Chilangas” [Frescas often speak with a Castilian accent even though the Telemundo Mexico City/ Miami accent’s become the Spanish equiv. of Beeb English];  merely middle class or lower middle class bitches & sons-of-bitches who affect such behavior are seen as “pseudo-Fresa” ;  Etym.,  Fresa  =  strawberry   [Courtesy  M.S.]  ;

 ‡‡‡‡‡‡ )   “Naco!”  /  “Naca!”  =  nouveaux riché equiv. of white trash, with much more money than taste ; whether justified or not, they are seen as being selfish & rude rubes, barely literate, if even that ; nacos & nacas wear expensive but flashy & trashy clothes & are seen drive expensive & gaudy cars — & are just as likely to mount bull horns or a cow skull on their BMW hood as not ; male Nacos are footy hooligans, & Nacas are hooked on telenovelas    [Courtesy M.S.] ;

‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ )  “You’re such a hardcore Naco!” / “You’re such a hardcore Naca!”  =  i.e., “Why’d you go & mount a fuckin’ cow skull on the hood of yr BMW?”  [Courtesy M.S.] 

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